A/N: I want to thank everyone for reviewing, following and favoriting! It means so much to me! Anyways this story is hard for me to write because of the abuse factor, but I was inspired by the fact that Arizona is still unstable emotionally and hasn't gotten help for it that I can see her being easily used. Some of the most strongest people can be used and abused at a time of great weakness.
Thanks again! If there is anything you want to see or explained further let me know and I will try and work it in for you! I do have many chapters wrote up but I am willing to add stuff. Enjoy!
Callie sat up in daycare playing with Sofia, Arizona was an hour late and she knew her surgery was over two hours ago. That would give her time to make her rounds, check interns...where was she? Chuckling as Sofia got marker all over her arms Callie smiled at her daughter, swallowing Callie hoped Sofia would be safe with Arizona. They hadn't spoken or seen each other since the kiss, the kiss that broke Callie apart but also pieced her back together. Before Callie could think more about it the daycare doors opened and Arizona walked in looking flustered, instantly the two stopped what they were doing and stared at the other.
"You're late." Callie replied to the silence.
"Yeah, I am sorry I had things I had to do. Are you ready to go baby girl, we are going to go and get ready to go to the park!" Arizona said the last part with enthusiasm as she picked up the toys and started trying to clean off some of the marker, Callie watched Arizona as she cleaned up their daughter. What stuck out though was the yellowish bruise on Arizona's wrist, without hesitation Callie lifted up Arizona's sleeve.
Arizona stopped cleaning the marker off of Sofia and looked into Callie's eyes; the only sounds were of the other children playing. Again time stopped; as Callie looked down at the healing bruise she felt this surge of wanting to protect Arizona. Opening her mouth to speak Callie found her words silenced, Arizona moved her arm away from Callie and picked Sofia up.
"We have to go; I will drop her off here tomorrow at five." Arizona stated without emotion and walked out, Callie wanted to run to her tell her to stay but she felt herself stuck to the chair. What could she do, she had to protect Sofia and even Arizona but at the same time she didn't want to get involved and be wrong. But how could she be wrong about those bruises, Arizona had a new leg before and had never hurt herself that badly. Standing up Callie walked out of day care and down to the ortho department, once inside her office Callie sat down and got onto her laptop and begun researching abuse and PTSD. Something inside her said she had to help Arizona, as Callie worked she summed it up to still loving her and willing to do anything for her.
That night Arizona sat at a local pizza place with Sofia and Lauren, as Arizona fed Sofia she half listened to Lauren. Looking around she saw some couples and random parties glance at them, usually it didn't bother Arizona she was comfortable with her sexuality. It also used to bother her because of her leg, but at this moment she thought it might have something to do with the fact that her makeup was not covering up her new bruise. She had been late because of being at the day care, then late because Sofia would not put her tights on Lauren had stood seething anger and that is when it happened, releasing a shaky breath Arizona picked up her fork and took a bite of her salad. As she set the fork back down she looked at her hands, they looked more skeletal than they ever had.
"Arizona, are you listening?" Looking up Arizona nodded and smiled painfully due to her lip still healing. "Good, as I was saying I think you should give up your parental rights to Sofia." Lauren stated and that is when Arizona's fork dropped.
"What?"
"You heard me, Arizona. Besides it is painful whenever I am around and she is it is like pushing Callie in my face, so I think you should tell Callie you do not need joint custody or visitations." Lauren shrugged like she had been talking about the weather.
"I won't give up my daughter!" Arizona said a little bit too loudly, which caused diners in the restaurant to look their way.
"Arizona, I am not asking you I am telling you." The whisper might as well have been a scream because it hit just as hard, just as painfully. Glancing around Arizona felt eyes on her and even landed on a few, when she found her eyes back on Lauren she was at a loss for words. "Do it tomorrow when you get to the hospital."
Arizona walked into Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital with Sofia clutched tightly in her arms, Sofia was all she had left of Callie. Lauren had taken pictures, her ring and her necklace everything dealing with Callie away from her those things she could replace but Sofia. Arizona set Sofia down to play and took a deep breath trying to fight the tears, if she didn't let go Lauren would hurt her baby, would hurt Callie and that she couldn't have.
Walking up to where all of her fellow doctors stood she took a deep breath and tapped Callie on the shoulder, when everyone looked to see who it was some faces turned to shock. Arizona knew the makeup wasn't working very well, taking another breath she spoke.
"Cal…Calliope I need to talk to you." Arizona stuttered.
"What about?" Callie almost smiled at the sound of her actual name coming from Arizona's lips but stopped when she saw her eye and heard the pain and hesitation in Arizona's voice.
"Not here." Arizona said quietly before she walked into a conference room, Callie followed without saying anything to the others. Closing the door Callie took in Arizona pacing, instantly her mind flashed back to the night she learned Arizona smoked when she was stressed or thought she was going to be in trouble.
"What is going on?" Callie asked putting her hands in her lab coat, stopping Arizona took the deepest breath she ever had and just said what she had to say.
"You can have full custody of Sofia and I don't need visitation she is your baby with Mark not mine." Arizona spilled out; when she looked at Callie she could see her expression change. The look on Callie's face looked as if she had just been slapped across the face then stabbed threw the heart.
"Arizona…"
"I have to go." Arizona quickly replied and pushed her way out the door, Alex and Meredith watched as Arizona walked off as quickly as she could. Turning they saw Callie standing stunned then instead of standing she was falling, then she was no longer falling but lying on the floor.
Not a second later Callie awoke to Alex, Meredith and Bailey standing over her. The three doctors instantly kneeled down to help Callie stand up; getting her bearings back she noticed Bailey had a cup of water. Taking the drink she chugged it down in a matter of seconds.
"What happened for Robbins to walk out of here like road runner and for you to faint?" Alex asked in his gruff tone.
"She…Sofia…" Callie felt her heart start racing and her breathing pick up.
"Okay…okay…sit down and breathe look at me and breath." Bailey put a chair behind Callie so she could sit down, she saw that Callie was starting a panic attack and wanted her friend to be okay. "Now talk slowly and continue to breath."
"She…said that she doesn't…want to see…Sofia. That she is…my daughter…with Mark not hers." Callie drank more water and continued to breath, none of three doctors had ever seen Callie this bad not with George or Erica.
"Okay, did she explain why?" Meredith asked.
"No…but when I helped with her bruises she kissed me. I think Lauren is manipulating her somehow." Callie replied finishing the last of her third cup of water.
"Callie…" Bailey tried to speak but Callie stood and interrupted her.
"I don't know what is going on, or what is going on in her head. She cheated on me, I haven't forgiven her for that but she is Sofia's mama and…that means something." Callie spoke leaving the other three doctors silenced.
The wine glass in Arizona's hand kept replenishing itself, well not without her help. She kissed Lauren that was her fault, she cheated on Callie and that is how she ended up in this mess. Many would see her as the victim, but Arizona didn't feel like a victim at this moment. She felt like karma was paying her back, for all of those one night stands, those girls she had played. The way she broke up with Callie the first and second time and now this, Arizona wasn't an overly religious person but she knew karma when she saw it and karma wasn't taking off her leg no karma was looking at her in the mirror in disgust. Karma had to put makeup on all over her body to cover the bruises; karma was funny but not this time. No karma this time was killing her and not at all was it doing it gently.
